Slide toppers
Don't have slide toppers. Thinking about adding them. Good idea or not. Opinions please. Water stands on slides during rain and if I have to bring slides in. A mess for DW. Dale
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- Thanks for the info, now the search begins.
Happy Prospector wrote:
Halmfamily wrote:
We had them installed on our new fiver and they are great. No more water or debris coming back in while retracting the slides. Helps keep the slides cooler and ours do not flap in the wind. Well worth the money.
You say that your slide toppers do not flap in the wind- what brand do you have, as I will be ordering some toppers soon?
Mine are Dometic. Not sure of the model and my fiver is three hours away so I can't get the manual. Dealer installed them.fj12ryder wrote:
You'll get two opinions: "like 'em" and "hate 'em".
Very true...
I have had trailers without them and with them....
My opinion, I like em.
Pros far outweigh the cons.- This is one of those topics that will have proponents on both sides. We wouldn't be without them. I wonder how many trips to the emergency room RVers take after falling off their roof cleaning off their slide without the covers?
Halmfamily wrote:
We had them installed on our new fiver and they are great. No more water or debris coming back in while retracting the slides. Helps keep the slides cooler and ours do not flap in the wind. Well worth the money.
You say that your slide toppers do not flap in the wind- what brand do you have, as I will be ordering some toppers soon?- We bought our first RV (FW) with a slide in May and the slide topper was on the option list. I highly recommend it.
- I really like mine, one of the reasons being camping this time of year. Without the toppers one has to get to the top of the slide to get the leaves off before bringing them in. With the topper the leaves just roll off.
- We installed ourselves, but it does take 2 people and two ladders. Other than that, pretty simple
- Any installers in the RGV?
- You'll get two opinions: "like 'em" and "hate 'em".
If you do a Search for "Slide Toppers" you'll get many pages of reading. Some of it will be repeated in this thread but some of it may not.
FWIW I have them and wouldn't have an RV without them. I paid extra since the toyhauler didn't come with them.
